I've read that Ronni uses a Seymore Duncan humbucker in the bridge position and an EMG in the neck position.

My question is:
-the SD humbucker is _____ model
-the EMG single coil is _____ model.

Regarding the EMG pickup: my guess is that it's a S- or SA-serie (which has a different magnet). Am I sure? No! If you want to be sure you should look underneath the pickup.

Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:

If you want to be sure you should look underneath the pickup. Good luck!

I'll try that on Friday.......NOT

What I meant is that one can see underneath the pickup what type it is. Of course you cannot loan his guitar to check this out - but why not ask him?

He also used 'Magnetics' in the neck position (checker guitar) and the old Rockinger tremelo (both aren't in production annymore).

One important lesson (and I know what I'm talking about after 30 years): one's sound is coming from the fingers, from both hands (like Ritchie Blackmore once said). We can have exactly the same gear and still sound differently! Keep that in mind.

MM

BEFORE I FORGET: check photo's to see (though that will be quite hard to do) if the EMG-logo on the pick-up is in 'silver' or in 'gold'. Says a lot about the type of pick-up.

Ha det,

MM

Some useful facts from Ronni:

Checker guitar has the italian Magnetics pickup.

Otherwise it's Seymore Duncan custom and EMG active singlecoil pickups. (Ronni has enough spares to survive a long time) The EMG pickups have the gold logo.

PeSt

Thanks everyone!
Is the Seymore Duncan custom a custom wound pickup made for RLT or a SD Custom Custom?

My main search is for a bridge humbucker that doesn't squeal, I've tried Dimarzio Steve's Special, SD '59, OBL, Bartolini,.. seems I spend more time soldiering pickups into my main guitar only to find it still squeals.
[a Floyd Rose strat with a bridge humbucker & neck single coil stack.]

I always rewire humbuckers to have 4 wire + shield (if they're only 2 wire) The 4 wire allows me to use special wiring of series/single/parallel, 3 tones out of one pickup.
Then I dip unwaxed pickups in melted wax to prevent coils from becoming micro phonic. (although it doesn't always solve the problem)

btw- I had a Rockinger tremolo before I discovered Floyd Rose trems, no comparison IMO, I much prefer the FR.

PS- the email relies aren't happening for me?

Just curious, anyone here own an Italian Magnetics pickup?

Is it a single coil or a stacked coil?

How rare are these pups?

I don`t even know what it is..

But I want to get some new, I want as good sound as possible!!
Can somebody tell me what I should buy?

A fellow guitarist suggested I try the Seymore Duncan Allan Holdsworth signature humbucker pickup which has perfectly matched coils. The pickup is essentially the 'screw' coils from 2 JB humbuckers assembled into one humbucker.

I prefer matched coils for more noise cancellation with high gain rather than the new breed of pickups that use unmatched coils.

I am hopeless with knowing anything about that type of stuff.

I wish I could be of some help!

Sorry

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